The Member and committee office moves and space reassignments follow the biennial November elections for the United States Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

Related activities include managing the suite selection process, developing architectural layouts, moving furniture, painting offices, relocating and installing partitions, completing custom wood working and upholstery projects and updating the electrical, data and telecommunications infrastructure.

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Senate Move Coordinator Bonnie Holod, who is also the supervisory architect in the Senate Office Buildings jurisdiction, works with Michael Gass and Paul Bosch, wood crafters with the Senate Wood Crafting Branch, to hang artwork in a senator's office.
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Senate Office Moves

Every two years, the Senate Office Buildings jurisdiction takes on one of its biggest responsibilities, the Senate election-year office moves.
AOC House Office Buildings employees work together to shrink wrap boxes, ensuring a safe move.
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House Office Moves

The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) House Office Buildings jurisdiction is heavily involved in the corresponding work — this includes overseeing the lottery process for suite selections to moving all of the affected offices.
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AOC Moves the House Office Buildings Storerooms

Every two years, citizens across the country elect or re-elect members of the House of Representatives, who then come to Washington, D.C., to move into their offices. The Architect of the Capitol moves thousands of boxes, supplies and unique items among the members' storerooms.
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Teaming Up for Accessibility

See how a team of tradecrafts experts at the Architect of the Capitol transform an office in the Cannon House Office Building into a completely wheelchair-accessible suite in less than four weeks. The condensed timeframe required precise planning and coordination efforts.

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